Lexicographical Neighbors of Buiks
Literary usage of Buiks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Libraries: Including a Handbook of Library Economy by Edward Edwards (1859)
"But when the job was done, ... the buiks wad na fit John and me communed ...
Then the buiks fitted, and John packit them, and drove them in with his mell. ..."
2. Memoirs of a Literary Veteran: Including Sketches and Anecdotes of the Most by Robert Pearse Gillies (1851)
"Ye 've said owre muckle about the de'il, I 'm thinking," exclaimed Sandie, " for
he 's been amang the buiks here. I never saw the like ! ..."
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